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Average Price Data, AP (APU0000FL2101) · Lettuce, romaine, per lb. (453.6 gm), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted

What does a pound of romaine lettuce cost in the US?

The average price of a pound of romaine lettuce was $3.490 in the month ended .

Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month

January 2006 to October 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as published

Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (January 2006 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (October 2016 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, each month (October 2024 to October 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

January 2006 to October 2026Ours, from the published values

Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (January 2006 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (October 2016 to October 2026), recessions shaded
Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (October 2024 to October 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

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MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average$3.490$3.312$3.006$2.029$1.794
Change over a yearn/an/a+4.6%−11.8%−8.1%

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Observed .

Right now

The average price of a pound of romaine lettuce was $3.490 in October 2026, the highest since June 2026.

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One month$3.312 in +5.4%
Three months$3.469 in +0.6%
Twelve monthsNo value for
Five yearsNo value for
Ten years$1.794 in +94.5%

In historyOurs

The average price of a pound of romaine lettuce of $3.490 in was higher than in 220 of the 225 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 5.

Highest since : $4.021 in . Lowest since : $1.237 in .

AverageOurs

Average since : $2.1136 (ours, a plain mean of the 226 months).

Understanding the average price of a pound of romaine lettuce

Where it stands today

The average price of a pound of romaine lettuce was $3.490 in October 2026.

What does the average price of a pound of romaine lettuce measure?

This is the average price of a pound of romaine lettuce in the United States: a series of the average price data of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), for the U.S. city average and not seasonally adjusted. BLS publishes it each month, with the Consumer Price Index, in dollars to three decimals.

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BLS names the item "Lettuce, romaine, per lb. (453.6 gm)" and the series APU0000FL2101.

What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest price since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the items in its group on the average prices page, and every month of the series in a table by year.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the average price of a pound of romaine lettuce in each month?One row for each year since 2006, newest first

Each row is a year and each column a month. A dash is a month with no price: before the series began, after its newest month, or a month BLS published no price for (the limits name those). The highest and lowest prices of the whole series are in bold.

Average price of a pound of romaine lettuce, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, by month and year, newest year first (US dollars per pound; the highest and lowest prices in bold)
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20263.3793.5603.6073.1953.6244.0213.4693.2863.3123.490––
20252.8312.8652.9232.9152.9942.9513.006–––3.3993.466
20242.5922.5682.7292.8452.8322.8852.8742.9642.8882.9333.0272.967
20233.0582.8652.8052.7812.8332.7292.6702.5522.6792.7192.8262.683
20223.1783.1823.1543.1872.9932.9732.9272.8413.0033.1383.4873.568
2021–––––––––––3.269
20202.1602.029––––––––––
20192.1772.3002.3562.3002.1902.1152.2072.1622.0592.2032.2142.176
20182.1272.0722.0642.1292.0391.9372.0562.0432.0582.1322.1702.352
20171.8021.9442.0382.4392.3252.1792.0272.0882.0362.1252.1482.159
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YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20162.0602.0301.8941.8871.9922.0291.9531.8621.8101.7941.9011.873
20152.0472.1952.0071.8681.9041.9771.8481.7901.9261.9532.1162.205
20141.6501.5101.5651.5691.6001.7901.7561.7101.6581.7531.9361.826
20131.9242.1142.0721.7271.4571.4241.5431.6201.5591.6301.7721.701
20121.6711.6301.5091.4701.4221.4221.5201.5061.5331.5291.5191.487
20111.8661.9932.1821.7721.7601.6381.6191.6601.6851.7231.7581.707
20101.9591.8221.7761.7951.7201.8471.7961.7581.7811.6741.7581.828
20091.8511.7581.7621.6921.6621.6371.6801.6971.6781.6211.9312.097
20081.7241.6821.5871.5571.5811.5901.6091.7481.8841.8341.9121.821
20071.6121.8171.6311.5451.5041.4251.3441.3731.4941.5711.7571.775
20061.3411.4051.3831.4761.4761.3201.2371.3591.4301.4101.4291.455

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • The price is an average of the retail prices that BLS collects from a sample of sellers, for the U.S. city average. It is not a price index. BLS measures the change of prices with the Consumer Price Index, and the change over a year on this page, worked out from the averages, can differ from the change of the index.
  • BLS did not collect prices for October 2025 because of the lapse in appropriations, so the page has no price for that month and the chart shows a gap.
  • BLS published no price for 23 other months: March 2020 to November 2021 and August to September 2025.
  • The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest prices are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes. A change is in percent.
  • BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

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How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data, Lettuce, romaine, per lb. (453.6 gm), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, through October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What does a pound of romaine lettuce cost in the US?", https://500metrics.com/average-prices/romaine-lettuce.

Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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